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United States Helps the West Countries
In 1938, the U.S. revised its neutral position. They lend-leased supplies to many countries that would stop Hitler: in this deal the buyers were responsible for buying and transporting the supplies. -
FDR Prepare for WWII, Modernizes Navy
FDR, the president at the beginning of WWII, understood that isolationism as a foreign policy might not work much longer for the U.S. With the threat of war looming overhead. FDR decided to spend $1.3 billion to modernize the American Navy. -
The War Comes to America
On December 7, 1941, 353 Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawai'i, United States. This attack was devastating to all Americans and even those who had not wanted to join the war gave their full support to the war effort. -
America Declares War
Just one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Air Force, America declared war on Japan. Even though tensions were already arising between America, Japan, and Germany, the American government needed a good reason to declare war so that the public would support them. -
Germany, Italy Declare War on United States
After seeing that the U.S. had declared war on Japan, two of the Axis Power countries also decided that they needed to declare war on the U.S. because of their ally with Japan. Now, the whole world is at war. -
Guadalcanal Campaign
Between August 1942 and February 1943, America's military was on the offensive towards Japan. They island hopped steadily, and they were hoping to take over Japan's main island. -
Gasoline Rationing
While meat, butter, sugar and other foods had already been rationed, gasoline was just one of the many necessities for the American military. Travel decreased greatly at this point and soldiers used all the extra gasoline. -
D-Day
On D-Day, America and their allies were on the offensive in Normandy, France. This battle was the most decisive of the war/ -
The First Nuclear Weapon of War: America's
A day that would forever live in infamy was the day that America dropped their nuclear bomb, the first on Hiroshima. This bomb had the capability of killing millions in an instant, and even more as side effects. -
World War II Ends
After Germany and its allies surrender to the Allied Powers, America, Russia, and England ultimately win the second devastating world war.
